8:00 a.m. – Garrett promptly awakens to his alarm, drinks more of last night’s coffee.

8:15 a.m. – Phil’s alarm goes off, he snoozes it and goes back to sleep.

8:21 a.m. – Phil’s alarm goes off, he stumbles out of room and asks Garrett what happened in the world overnight. Garrett checks Google News and complains about commercial media while sipping coffee.

8:36 a.m. – Phil grabs the New York Times and glances at it over breakfast. Garrett opens a bag of mints for breakfast.

8:57 a.m. – Phil and Garrett both go to class.

11:51 a.m. – Phil stops at science library to avoid lunchline crowds by checking the BBC News website, MSNBC, Al Jazeera, and his e-mail. Garrett goes back to the dorm and drops a mint in some coffee before drinking it.

7:12 p.m. – Phil checks BBC, CNN-Int’l, and Al Jazeera for new news before posting the news summary on Facebook. Phil then gets ready to go to Noyce before asking Garrett about the recent Fortis split. Garrett begins an overview of what he knows about Fortis.